Tottenham Hotspur full-back Djed Spence was both honoured and surprised to learn he is in line to make history as England 's first openly Muslim player.

The 25-year-old was one of two new faces included in Thomas Tuchel's squad as the road to next summer's World Cup continues with qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia .

Spence was surprised to get the call-up having not spoken to the England boss before and amazed to hear he could make history as the Muslim footballer to represent the senior men's team.

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"I've seen that," the versatile full-back said. "It's a blessing, it's amazing. I did see something like that. I was surpri

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